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Options clicked through Hawk’sat all Two, he could scuttle any chances she had of going on the trip with a single phone call Or he could follow his instincts and go on the trip with her
Her obvious attraction to hi, but this woardless Lina Marwan, as she called herself, was nothing like the shy, quiet, studious, nineteen-year-old he had been led to expect
Did anyone in the princess’s life knoho she really was and how she amused herself?
The ansas no doubt in the negative, which hy he also did not want to scuttle the trip entirely
He’d been hired as extra security during a time of increased risk for the Royal Family of Marwan However, if his interaction had the benefit of allowing him to help her security detail enhance her overall safety—so much the better He had to identify the ways she circu so in the future
Letting her make the trip while he accoive him the opportunity to see what measures she took to avoid her security detail
He made all these determinations in the space of seconds
“Lead the way,” he said with a smile
She nodded, but instead of increasing her pace, she stopped, her dark brown gaze fixed on his lips
“Lina…”
“Uh, yeah, right…go” Sheblack ponytail over her shoulder, she started jogging toward the University Center “Thewas supposed to be upstairs”
His long strides matched her speed with little effort, but his body heated in reaction to the enticing bounce of her feminine curves The attraction was definitely mutual, which should make his job that much easier He wouldn’t have to pretend an interest to stay close to her Though his original intention had been to strike up a friendship, being just slightly more than friends would be an even better “in” to the princess’s life
However, he would only take it so far He didn’t do long-term and for so many reasons, Lina was not a candidate for a short-terhter of a client and herself his ignment, but she was a princess from a part of the world that placed a lot of importance on a woman’s ity It wouldn’t be fair to the princess to take their ociation beyond friendship and
Although he had a sense of honor that would not allow hi her attraction to him
Lina stopped in front of an athletic-looking blonddown the steps in front of the UC “Hey, Bob Did we ?”
“Yeah, but no biggie All we did was pass out info sheets and take names”
“Can we still sign up?” she asked enthusiastically
The jock put his hand on Lina’s shoulder and squeezed, his s for you, sweetie”
Another curse fought for release from Hawk’s mouth Did she have a boyfriend her family didn’t know about, too?
“Great” The diminutive princess bounced on the balls of her feet “Sebastian’s a new kayaker I’d like hined with me…” She turned to look at Hawk “Iyou”
“No, I’d like that”
“Hey, Wayne could train the newbie and then you could be ested
“The neould prefer to partner his new friend” It was the only way the princess was getting out on the water A bodyguard could hardly do his job from the shore or another boat
“Oh, I’m sorry We didn’t mean to talk about you like you weren’t there” Lina’s doelike eyes shone with genuine repentance “I hate it when people do that to me”
He supposed, considering the strongly conservative and male centered family she came from, she’d had a lot of experience with it, too “No probleave Bob told the other man not to mess with him
Froe, but didn’t look happy about it Again Haondered if the relationship between Bob and Lina was closer than
“Look, I’ll sign you both up, but I’ll need your contact details,” Bob said to Hawk “I’ve got Lina’s In fact, I already signed you up, babe I was going to bring you the info sheet in World Politics”
Lina sratitude and excitement “You’re the best Thanks”
Bob slipped his backpack off his shoulder and dug out a notebook “Here, just put your stuff in here” He didn’t let go of the notebook when Hawk reached for it, though “You are a student here, right? This trip is only open to students at the university”